Analysis of Rebuild Me, Saviour



Circumstances built me
as a building fascinating to gaze at
attracting magnificent gapes
for my bricks vary in size
and my window is fixed
at the spot of my door.

Far worse is my beginning
the start was hurried
no digging of the soil
an omen of impending doom.

Collapse me, O Savior
and rebuild me;
establish my feet
deeply rooted in you
Rock of ages.

Let my windows be open heavenward
that I may not be ensnared
by earthly scenery
and vain views.

Let my door be single
yet a passage to your bosom.


Scheme ABCCXX XXXX XAXXC BXAC XX
Poetic Form
Metre 10011 1010100111 01001001 1111001 011011 101111 1111010 01110 110101 11010101 011110 0011 01011 101001 1110 11101101 1111101 110100 011 111110 10101110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 515
Words 116
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 5, 4, 2
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

This is a poem about faith. The realization that one's life needs a complete change from God. Here, the poet speaks of being built by happenings, of his horrible beginning and the need to be collapsed and rebuilt.

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Written on December 01, 2022

Submitted by imole_o on January 21, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Imole Olusanya

Imole Olusanya hails from Ibadan in Nigeria. He is a writer of a number of poems and prose works. His first collection of poems book (Birds See Things) is available on Amazon. He has equally co-authored a number of international anthologies. more…

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